Valentine’s Day Gift or Craft Centerpiece

The Valentine’s Day table setting I posted for TT this week had a yummy centerpiece that is also great to make and give as a cute gift. This centerpiece was created in colors of red, pink and silver for Valentine’s Day, but you can create the same centerpiece/gift with candy bars in pastel colors for Easter or Mother’s Day or for a birthday gift. This also makes a great end-of-year gift for a favorite teacher.

Years ago, I bought one of these “sundaes” for my son. When I was moving everything out of his room to make way for a home office, I came across it again. He had never taken it apart to eat it…what was wrong with that boy?! ☺

I thought it would make a fun centerpiece for a Valentine’s table, so I took it apart to see exactly how it was made and then recreated it with new candy. I’ve put together a little tutorial…you are going to love how easy this is to make.

Here’s a little close up of the floral U-pins. Before you get started, cut the 4″ styrofoam ball in half.

Start by filling your parfait glass up with candy bars. Next, run a bead of hot glue around the top rim of the parfait glass. (The hot glue is visible in the pic below.)

Press the halved styrofoam ball onto the hot glue. Give that a minute to dry, then you’re all set to start adding the tiny candy bars.

Take a floral U-pin and poke it through the edge of the paper on one end of the candy bar. You have to push pretty hard to get the floral pins to pierce the strong wrapper on the candy bar, so I worked atop a thick piece of foam board. A plastic cutting board would work well, also.

Starting at the bottom, stick the candy bars into the styrofoam ball all the way around as shown below. Repeat this process for two more rows. I got so carried away with adding the candy bars, I forgot to take pictures again until I had them all on.

I just went around and around layering them close enough to each other to hide the white of the styrofoam underneath. Three rows did the job, but I added 3-4 candy bars on top to finish it off and to make sure none of the styrofoam would be visible. I ended up using around 46 candy bars. Buy a few more just to be safe. You don’t want to run out…plus, there’s nothing wrong with a few leftovers for the creator of the sundae. ☺

Once all the candy bars are in place, take your bendy straw and bend/crimp it about 1/3 up from the bottom of the straw. Add a drop of hot glue to where you crimped the straw, then just push the straw down into the styrofoam ball.

Gather your tulle into kind of a poof and add some hot glue to the bottom where it’s gathered together. I used two small pieces of tulle. That was easier than trying to keep one larger piece gathered together. Then just stick it onto the center/top of the styrofoam ball. You could probably use the floral pins to attach it, but hot glue worked better for keeping the tulle in the poofy shape I had created.

You’re almost done. Just take your truffle or round piece of red candy and hot glue it in the center of the tulle, to represent the cherry on the top of your sundae.

That’s it…all done!

When the pastel colored candy bars begin appearing in the stores any day now, you could make one of these for Easter. A candy-bar sundae would make a cute end-of-year gift for a teacher or a birthday gift for a friend or co-worker. Happy sundae making! ☺

I wish I had time to make some of these for our Thrift Store. I think they would sell and we can't give away the mismatched sundae glasses we have. Ya'll check the thrift stores for these glasses! Thanks for sharing a lovely idea!

So simple and "sweet"! I love this idea and think I can get the children involved in this awesome project….Only problem is there is way tooooo much chocolate involved here! I am trying to be good and stay away from this hazardous to my body stuff! Thanks for the tutorial! Awesome as always and love your table setting! I am inspired to set the table secretly the night before valentines for a special Valentine breakfast for my four kiddos as a treat before we begin our homeschool lessons! Blessings to you and yours!

Lisa, thanks! The cake stand/top came from two different stores a year or ago. I found the top at TJMax and the bottom from Marshalls. They are both Dept. 56 pieces so you may be able to find them on eBay. Hope you are able to find them. 🙂

Susan, Thanks so much for the great tutorial for making this darling candy sundae!!! You did a great job keeping the instructions simple with your pics. I can't wait to make some of these for my Valentines!!!!Hugs, Katherine

How do you keep coming up with beautiful tablescapes again and again and again? Adorable Valentine Sundae. Am I overlooking it or do you still have all your tablescapes listed in one place? I thought you could click on them under your header? Love your blog. Thanks for making it so beautiful and interesting.

HI Debbie! Thanks so much! The cake stand/top came from two different stores a year or ago. I found the top at TJMax and the bottom from Marshalls. They are both Dept. 56 pieces so you may be able to find them on eBay. Hope you are able to find them. 🙂

Susan,I am having a wonderful time on this rainy day in Mississippi making these adorable sundaes! Thank you so much for the idea and perfect tutorial on how to assemble. I love your blog even though I am new to checking out blogs, your is at the top of the list.